Product Management Simplified

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Business Model Canvas (BMC): why is it essential to the startups? The Business Model Canvas is a strategic management tool that provides a visual framework for developing, describing, and analyzing a business model. Business model canvas is an important tool during the product discovery phase. As depicted in the hand drawing below, we test our…

Agile Organisations adopt the Scrum framework for developing innovative products and services. According to the Scrum guide, the Scrum framework has just 3 roles. With most organisations undergoing an Agile transformation, are we saying that traditional management roles like project, program and functional managers are obsolete or no longer needed? I would say ‘NO’; managers…

Brief Overview: Objectives and Key Results, commonly known as OKRs, are a powerful goal-setting framework leveraged by businesses and individuals to achieve desired outcomes. The OKR methodology entails establishing specific and measurable objectives and defining key results that will contribute towards accomplishing those objectives. By dividing large objectives into smaller, achievable steps, OKRs assist individuals…

Life is not merely being alive, but being well.  It’s been a month since we came back from the winter breaks from Manali, a hill station in the northern part of India. I felt like having a pain in lower back and in the right knee. I informed my manager and decided to do work…

This credential validates your cloud fluency and foundational AWS knowledge. You will get 90 minutes and there will be 65 multiple choice type questions. Don’t stuck on a question just mark it for review and do it towards the end. You may take exam either proctored online or by going to the testing center. It’s…

‘It requires sacrifices and a willingness to give up fundamental parts of your current way of working — starting with the leaders. We gave up the traditional hierarchy, formal meetings, over-engineering, detailed planning, and excessive “input steering” in exchange for empowered teams, informal networks, and “output steering.” You need to look beyond your own industry…

Introduction: The 5 Whys technique is a problem-solving method that delves into the root cause of a specific issue by asking the question “Why?” repeatedly. Its aim is to identify the underlying cause-and-effect of a defect or problem, moving away from a short-term solution and towards a long-term fix. This technique can also be applied…

Many IT firms have been actively adopting climate sustainability measures to reduce their environmental impact and contribute to global efforts to combat climate change. Here are some common sustainability measures implemented by IT firms: *These are not my personal views; the response was generated via ChatGPT.

Though not a big fan of Scrum certifications, I still want to help the community by posting a few trick questions asked in the Product Owner certification exam (PSPO). Guys, I found PSPO-Advance easier than PSPO-1 because of the time pressure. You have to complete 80 questions in an hour. So, practice a lot. You…

According to the Scrum guide: Scrum is: If we look at the Scrum guide (2020), it is a simple 12-page guide that contains the definition of Scrum. This definition consists of Scrum roles, events, artefacts, and the rules that bind them together. Scrum is not a defined process you can follow to create complex products…

The first draft was created almost a year ago, in 2022. I suggest you download it to have better visibility of the slides. Any feedback is welcomed. Tyl by NatWest gives small businesses like a craft brewery, a bakery, fitness centre, dentist, travelling food truck, or barber the power to quickly and easily accept payments online,…

Sure! Here’s a 90-day learning plan for a product manager: Week 1-2: Product Management Fundamentals Week 3-4: Market Research and User-Centered Design Week 5-6: Product Strategy and Roadmapping Week 7-8: Agile Development and Scrum Methodologies Week 9-10: Product Launch and Marketing Week 11-12: Metrics and Analytics Week 13: Review and Reflection Remember, this is just…

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. 2022 was the year of migration. The family relocated to the United Kingdom by the end of the year, around Christmas. We knew the perks and pitfalls of moving during the winter season. While we managed to see the Christmas and new year…

(Originally written in 2020) Ever since I got the opportunity to work as a Product Owner, I was thinking about a certification which could give my career a boost and at the same time, I can learn the nuances of product ownership. It was late November 2019 when I seriously started thinking about appearing in…

“Behind good brands lie stakeholder companies.”: – Will Hutton According to Dan Brown – There are users — the people who will use your product. There are collaborators — the people with whom you will build, market and sell the product. And then there are stakeholders — the people who perhaps don’t have a clear role, but do have an interest…

A customer journey map is a tool that illustrates the various stages a customer goes through while interacting with a product or service. It provides an overview of a customer’s experience with your brand, starting from the initial interaction and progressing towards a potential long-term relationship. The aim of a customer journey map is to…

During the 2020 pandemic, I tried my hands at a couple of product owner certifications. The intent was to learn and see whether these certifications add any value to your day job? The certification pattern is similar to the PSPO-1 (product owner basic certification), in order to pass you need a minimum of 85%. The difference…

We know that product backlog is the single source of truth for any development work. A product backlog is a living document and it keeps on getting refined over the life cycle of the product. At any point in time product backlog contains new features, bugs, test requirements etc. In between the sprints, the product…

As an Agile practitioner, it’s easy to get confused when one hears the terms Acceptance Criteria and Definition of Done. I am often being asked at times what’s the difference between the two? Can they be used interchangeably? Most of us get it wrong. Let’s figure it out. Definition of Done (DoD): According to the…

A room without books is like a body without a soul When I started my journey, my focus was solely on the Scrum product owner role and hence my recommendations include books on Agile and Scrum. Gradually I moved towards the customer, product discovery, product-market fit, scaling of products, product leadership and so on. It is very…

India Journey so far: Problem Statement: Overcome the competition and ensure a steady user growth resulting in higher profits for Netflix India. Our Goals: Come up with three Product solutions to drive user growth Provide wireframes and explain the solutions in detail Align metrics for the above solutions Publish a press release announcing the launch…

Hope is not a strategy Ever since Google managed to successfully run its complex platforms through the SRE model, most of the big firms across the globe tried to adopt the model in some way or another. Before we dive a little deeper into the subject let’s understand what SRE stands for? It’s an abbreviation…

The Value Proposition Canvas is a tool which can help ensure that a product or service is positioned around what the customer values and needs. The Value Proposition Canvas was initially developed by Dr Alexander Osterwalder as a framework to ensure that there is a fit between the product and market. It was originated from Business…

More than 85% of the farmers own farmlands below 2 hectares and have zero access to educational, scientific information. However, a remarkable 70% of these farmers now own mobile phones and can easily make informed operating and financial decisions with the help of the Farmrise app. The app successfully provides solutions to everyday farming challenges…

Certification – the action or process of providing someone or something with an official document attesting to a status or level of achievement. Aspiring product owners/managers often are in a dilemma as to whether they should go for a Scrum product owner certification or not. If yes, then which one? As the market is flooded…

While business travel was down by 90% at the height of the pandemic, some companies saw business travel activity return to about 80% of pre-pandemic levels when restrictions eased over the summer (McKinsey) Zoom At its peak, the firm counted more than 300 million daily participants in virtual meetings, while paying customers have more than…

Cognitive Bias As a product owner, are your decisions driven or affected by Cognitive bias? “A cognitive bias is a systematic pattern of deviation from norm or rationality in judgment. Individuals create their own “subjective reality” from their perception of the input.” With years of experience there are beliefs and patterns that are stored in…

A good Scrum Master helps the team identify improvements. Great Scrum Masters encourage their teams to be ADAPTIVE – George watts As Agile organisations, teams and team members, we must constantly question what could be better to continually improve. Agile retrospectives are an opportunity to inspect, adapt and improve our way of working.  This article…